Posted Jul. 13, 2010

Is a "healthy infusion of moderate blood" on the Senate's horizon?

By Matthew Dallek and Cameron Lynch

"Senator Scott Brown just announced that he is backing financial reform legislation. Now the bill's supporters are just a single vote shy of having 60 votes in favor, enough to clear procedural hurdles and send the highly-anticipated legislation to President Obama’s desk.

Conceivably, Brown's announcement is a harbinger of a different Senate dynamic come January. While the news media stresses the narrative of a hopelessly divided Washington in this looming mid-term election, a less-known development will go far to shape politics in 2011 and beyond: Republican moderates are making a comeback."

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